Insects and Bugs!

Insects have body parts just like

you.

1. Head

2. Thorax

3. Abdomen

There are 3

main parts.

Let’s look more closely at the

head...

Antennae

Eyes

Mouth

Antennae

Antennae

Insects use their antennae to smell,

hear and feel vibrations. They even

use them to find each other.

Eyes

Eyes

Insects eyes are not like ours. Some of them

have eyes with thousands of lenses which

means no one can sneak up behind them!

Mouth

Mouth

Not all insects mouths are the same.

Butterflies drink their food while ants and

beetles chew their food.

Let’s look more closely at the

thorax.

The thorax is where

the insects legs are.

Grasshoppers use their back

legs for jumping.

Crickets use their front legs

for digging.

A praying mantis uses its front

legs for grabbing and holding.

Most insects have four wings like

butterflies and dragonflies.

The thorax is also where an insects

wings are.

The last part of an insects body is

the abdomen.

This is the part that helps

insects breath, digest food

and reproduce.

Amazing abdomen facts...

Stingers are

found in the

abdomen.

Insects breathe through tiny holes in

the sides of their abdomens.